$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries:  165

The first break is coming up, time for them to unwind and grab a bite from the snack bar. The entry count continues to climb with plenty of time to add with reg open until 9:15 pm.

Some more friends today include Dimitri Vorbe, Aaron Massey, Eric Baldwin, Darryll Fish, and Michael Wang.

Vorbe made history in this tournament, winning the SHRPO Championship in 2021 and the first player to take home a Guitar Tower Trophy.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries:  118

We have a great turnout to start the day, more than 100 players in seats before we turn the clock to the afternoon hours. A great start and even the $600 turbo satellite is curshing its guarantee.

If you are still trying to win your seat into the Championship, we have a huge $600 Milestone satellite starting at noon with 20 seats guaranteed.

Some early friends in today’s field include Douglas Booth, Andrew Ostapchenko, Bin Weng, Wagner Wysotchanski, Josias Santos, Arlinda Johns, James McKinnon, Noah Schwartz, and Spencer Champlin.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

They are so popular, we put three Seniors Events on the SHRPO schedule and the last gets underway at noon with a $400 buy-in plus tons of fun.

They sit with 20K deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day trophy event. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until 4:30 pm.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 44 Structure Sheet

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 138

The $1,100 Deep Stack drew 138 entries and the final nine players return at noon to play out the final table. Fred Paradis has a massive lead coming back, more chips than second and third place John Morris and Alfonso Timoteo combined.

Seat 1.  Fred Paradis  –  1,380,000  (138 bb )
Seat 2.  John Morris  –  615,000  (62 bb)
Seat 3.  Ross Lebo  –  50,000  (5 bb)
Seat 4.  Antonio Serrao  –  175,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Chang Yu Chung  –  275,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6.  Alfonso Timoteo  –  615,000  (62 bb)
Seat 7.  James Romero  –  75,000  (8 bb)
Seat 8.  Brent Hoover  –  20,000  (2 bb)
Seat 9.  Carlos Matos  –  245,000  (25 bb)

1st:  $32,800 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $21,900
3rd:  $16,200
4th:  $12,200
5th:  $9,200
6th:  $7,000
7th:  $5,400
8th:  $4,180
9th:  $3,280

10th:  Bogdan Chornyy  –  $3,280
11th:  Steven Steinmetz  –  $2,820
12th:  Ivanka Dissanayake  –  $2,820
13th:  John Malvasio  –  $2,320
14th:  Long Nguyen  –  $2,320
15th:  Virkanth Anga  –  $2,320
16th:  Michael Liang  –  $1,940
17th:  Sean Greenough  –  $1,940
18th:  Joseph Olivieri  –  $1,940

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

Cards are in the air for Flight A of the 2025 SHRPO Championship. They will play hour-long levels until only 24 players remain but that is a lot of work between now and then.

A break will come around every two levels and with a 90-minute dinner break following Level 6.

We will begin live-streaming a feature table after the second break, courtesy of our friends at Gorilla Gaming.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The series headliner hits the Grand Ballroom stage when Flight A of the SHRPO Championship starts at 11 am. The $5,300 buy-in tournament has a huge $3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and two starting flights.

Championship players start with 50,000 in their stacks and all levels last 60 minutes, increasing to 90 when 24 players remain. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 9:15 pm and players are limited to a single re-entry per day.

Select tables throughout the event will be featured on the live-stream table hosted by our friends at Gorilla Gaming.

Flight A will play ten full levels and survivors will return on Sunday at noon for Day 2.

• $3,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 50,000 in chips
• Levels last 60 minutes, increasing to 90 when 24 players remain
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
• A select table will be featured as a live stream table every day during this event
• Day 1 will end after Level 10
• Championship Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1A – $5,300 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry per Day)

• $3,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 50,000 in chips
• Levels last 60 minutes, increasing to 90 when 24 players remain
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
• A select table will be featured as a live stream table every day during this event
• Day 1 will end after Level 10
• Championship Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 39 Day 2 – $1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• Event 39 Final Table Lineup
• Event 39 Payouts

12PM: Event 44 – $400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 44 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 45 – $600 Deep Stack Mixed PLO (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 45 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 46 – $400 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• $3,000 SHRPO Event 52 added to 1st place
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (8:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 46 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

11AM: $600 SHRPO Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Five seats guaranteed into $5,300 SHRPO Championship
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (1:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

2PM: $600 SHRPO Championship Milestone Satellite (1-in-10)

• 20 seats guaranteed into $5,300 SHRPO Championship
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (5:10pm)
• Structure Sheet

8PM: $600 SHRPO Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Ten seats guaranteed into $5,300 SHRPO Championship
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 41
$300 Quad Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  219
Prize Pool:  $54,750
August 7, 2025

Event 41 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), attracting a field of 219 entries and generating a prize pool of $54,750.

Outlasting the pack was Kao Saechao, winning outright for $13,055.

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 29
$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,020
Prize Pool:  $719,100
August 5-7, 2025

Event 20 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was the $800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). Across four starting flights, a total of 1,020 entries generated a prize pool of $719,100, nearly tripling the guarantee.

A heads-up deal took place and Michael Amato was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 29 winner for $96,000.

*denotes heads-up deal

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 38
$1,100 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  58
Prize Pool:  $55,970
August 7, 2025

Event 38 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $1,100 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry), drawing 58 entries for a prize pool of $55,970.

Emerging victorious was David Shmuel, winning outright for $20,080.

The win marked Shmuel’s 12th SHRP major series trophy victory, and also cemented his name atop the 2025 SHRPO Mixed Games Leaderboard promotion. Shmuel wins a customized Hard Rock Guitar along with a $4,100 package, which includes a $1,100 tournament ticket and $3,000 in cash

The official final standings will be posted later tonight.

Here are Shmuel’s 12 SHRP major series trophy victories:

2017 RRPO:  $360 Pot-Limit Omaha 8  ($7,152)
2017 RRPO:  $150 No-Limit Hold’em  ($16,573)
2018 SHRPO:  $360 Pot-Limit Omaha  ($12,589)
2020 LHPO:  $400 Omaha 8  ($7,742)
2022 Showdown:  $600 H.O.R.S.E.  ($13,890)
2022 RRPO:  $400 H.O.R.S.E.  ($7,471)
2023 LHPO:  $400 Omaha 8  ($12,025)
2023 SHRPO:  $600 Big O  ($18,903)
2023 RRPO:  $400 2-7 Triple Draw  ($7,165)
2024 SHRPO:  $600 Eight-Game Mix  ($9,490)
2024 RRPO:  $600 Omaha 8  ($8,425)
2025 SHRPO:  $1,100 Omaha 8  ($20,080)